Gremlin Industries

Gremlin Industries
Industry Video games
Fate Folded into Bally Manufacturing
Founded 1971 (1971)
Founder Frank Fogleman, Carl Grindle
Defunct 1983 (1983)
Headquarters San Diego, California
Products Video game software

Gremlin Industries was an arcade game manufacturer active from the 1971 to 1983 based San Diego, California, USA.

History

Gremlin was founded in 1971 as a contract engineering firm by Harry Frank Fogleman and Carl E Grindle. [1] In 1973 they became a manufacturer of coin-operated wall games with their first game Play Ball (1973). [2] Gremlin joined the video game market in 1976 by releasing its first video arcade game entitled Blockade (1976). [3]

In 1978, Gremlin was acquired by Sega Enterprises Inc. and their games acquired the label of Gremlin/Sega or Sega/Gremlin. [4] Following the Sega purchase, Gremlin began to release games from both Sega and other Japanese companies. Among these video games were Namco's Gee Bee (1978) and Konami's Frogger (1981).

In 1982 the name of the company was changed to Sega Electronics to better strengthen the Sega brand name in the United States. In mid-1983 the arcade assets of the company were sold to Bally Manufacturing and Sega Electronics was shuttered soon afterwards.

The company still exists as Ages Electronics under CBS. [1]

Video games

1976
  • Blockade (Gremlin's first released video game)
1977
1978
  • Gee Bee (licensed from Namco; the Gremlin version replaces the "N-A-M-C-O" letters on the bumpers with the company's distinctive "G" logo.)
  • Blasto
  • Frogs
1979
1980
1981
1982

Ports

Sega released emulated and playable versions of some of the early Sega/Gremlin arcade games as vault material for the Sega Genesis Collection for the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable.

References

  1. 1 2 "California Secretary of State". businesssearch.sos.ca.gov. Retrieved 2017-09-26.
  2. ↑ Smith, Keith (2015-09-20). "The Golden Age Arcade Historian: The Ultimate (So-Far) History of Gremlin Industries Part 1". The Golden Age Arcade Historian. Retrieved 2017-09-26.
  3. ↑ Smith, Keith (2015-09-25). "The Golden Age Arcade Historian: The Ultimate (So-Far) History of Gremlin Industries Part 2". The Golden Age Arcade Historian. Retrieved 2017-09-26.
  4. ↑ Smith, Keith (2015-10-10). "The Golden Age Arcade Historian: The Ultimate (So-Far) History of Gremlin Industries Part 3". The Golden Age Arcade Historian. Retrieved 2017-09-26.
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